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Subject:Re: Substituting 1.9 with 2.1 would that end my bad luck streak???
From:kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Date:Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:18:52 -0400

$800 to $1000.  However the problem I have been running into is people
selling you a "good used" engine only to find out it has issues after you
install it in the new van.

Ken

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 3:09 PM, T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello List,
>
> I have been on a continuous streak of bad luck since December with my 85
> tintop.  A complete front end R/R was done due to the hitting a boulder
> with my front passenger wheel.
>
> Recently, one of the big coolant plastic pipes let go and I replaced these
> with the SS types. Looks like I nicked a heater hose in the process and
> still have to the address that.
>
> Now my passenger side head is decided to continuously weep. Something it
> would only do in cold weather.
>
> I'm afraid that it maybe time to do a quick and dirty substitution
> substitution of the 1.9 with a 2.1 (if I can find something semi local,
> I'm near Philly)
>
> Now to the point, what is the going market value for a good used 2.1?
>
> Thank you in advance!
> T.
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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